Mahattat Abu Suwayr
Mahattat Abu Suwayr is a railway station in Sharqia Province, Egypt. Mahattat Abu Suwayr is situated nearby to the locality Pithom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abu Suweir Air Base and Tell el-Maschuta.
Abu Suweir Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Abu Suweir Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force base, located approximately 17.1 kilometres west of Ismailia and 116 kilometres northeast of Cairo. It is positioned for strategic defence of the Suez Canal waterway.
Tell el-Maschuta
Archaeological site
Tell el-Maschuta - either the ancient Egyptian Per Tem/Pi-Tem or Tjeku - is located in the Wadi Tumilat region in the eastern Nile Delta about 16 kilometers west of Ismailia and about 18 kilometers east of Tell er-Retaba. Tell el-Maschuta is situated 2 km southwest of Mahattat Abu Suwayr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pithom.
Pithom
Locality
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pithom was an ancient city of Egypt. References in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek and Roman sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain. Pithom is situated 5 km west of Mahattat Abu Suwayr.
Mahattat Abu Suwayr
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Abu Sueir”, “Abū Şuwayr”, “Abu Ṣuweir”, “Maḩaţţat Abū Şuwayr”, and “Maḩaţţat Abū Şuwayr, Mahattat Abu Suwayr”
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Sharqia Province, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.56231° or 30° 33′ 44″ northLongitude
32.11647° or 32° 6′ 59″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8G2JH468+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1087859073OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
362034
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Mahattat Abu Suwayr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة أبو صوير”
- Arabic: “محطة ابو صوير”
- French: “Mahattat Abu Suwayr”
- German: “Mahattat Abu Suwayr”
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